May 23, 2013 The following question recently came through an ERP mailing list (significantly rephrased): I would like to use the Microsoft Query tool in Microsoft Excel to extract records from the ERP...

Two very large clouds have been hanging over Dell for most of the year: the flailing PC market, and CEO Michael Dell's ongoing attempt to take the company private. Despite these distractions, Dell itself...

I’ve written about dynamic sampling in the past, but here’s a little wrinkle that’s easy to miss. How do you get the optimizer to work out the correct cardinality for a query like (the...

Editor’s note: FYI, this post is by Anthony (@anthonyslai). I have decided to write up some posts for my first couple days’ experience with Glass.  I am not planning to go deep into the technical...

I recently wrote about installing SSDs in my Laptop and Desktop. I thought I would write a quick follow up post to mention how things are going. I’m really happy with the changes to the performance...

I don't know what I would do without LinkedIn.Before this amazing website came along, I was pretty sure that my software skills could be described as:1. Oracle PL/SQL: excellent2. SQL: just OK3. Database...

Some time ago – actually a few years ago – I wrote a note about the hint /*+ gather_plan_statistics */ making some informal comments about the implementation and relevant hidden parameters....

Reading Data Sheets If you are in a position of influence affecting technology adoption in your enterprise you likely spend a lot of time reading data sheets from vendors.  This is just a quick blog entry...

The implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) has been a hot topic in the medical community for some time. However, many physicians continue to subscribe to myths regarding EHR implementation....

Here's what I took away from this year's EMC World, including thoughts on Pivotal and ViPR. By: [author-name] This article was syndicated via RSS from: http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage-networking-management/emc-navigates-the-it-transformation-wate/240155305